Germany Asks US Intelligence Chief to Leave the Country

The German federal government announced it had
asked the representative of U.S. intelligence services there to
leave the country,
in a statement released today that explained:

The request was made in light of the ongoing investigation by
the Attorney General as well as the months that questions have
remained unanswered on the activities of U.S. intelligence agencies
in Germany, to which the German Bundestag has set up a
parliamentary committee.

Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service arrested an unidentified
double agent allegedly working for the CIA
last week, He is accused of spying on the
parliamentary committee looking into U.S. spying in
Germany.

The White House
insists the CIA didn’t tell it about the breached double agent,
sort of like saying the president read about in the paper. This
scandal may evolve
like so many others do but where anger and moving forward might
help to dodge a domestic scandal or three for a few months or
years, these have real effects in the real world. The reality-based
community can be vocal. And while domestic media might help in
providing a certain level of suspension of disbelief to get the
president past domestic scandals, when other governments are
involved it’s
impossible to cover up their effects. Six years into his term,
the White House still insists in treating other countries like the
average American voter that’s got them there.